• @Allonzee
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    I curse with abandon in front of my kid, not at him, just in conversation. Expletives are part of language, and are just more words for the toolbox, useful in adding a little spice or emphasis to a point.

    If a teacher ever contacts me to say they used a vulgar word, my first question that will inform my response, if any, will be "how did they use it, specifically?"

    I see our, the US’s, childish aversion to curse words as part of its childish puritanical roots based in wilfill ignorance. Guns all day, but ahhhhh dirty words! Ahhhhh boobies! Our response to such things are what’s embarrassing.

    If you want me to take anyone’s censorship of anything seriously in this cesspool, start by advocating censoring glorification of “muh 2A,” and maybe I’ll take you seriously.

    • @Bertuccio
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      4130 days ago

      Also the notion that children aren’t allowed to do certain things that adults frequently do in front of them somehow magically doesn’t apply to curse words.

      Kids can’t smoke, drink, drive cars, change light bulbs, use the stove and oven… But no one ever says adults aren’t allowed to cook in front of the kids because kids might get the wrong idea. They tell the kids not to use the stove and respond appropriately if the kids do anyway.

      • @AngryCommieKender
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        1030 days ago

        Respond appropriately being teach the kid to cook. I was cooking breakfast and dinner at least once a week by the age of 6-7. I can’t tell you how many girls I’ve dated that has absolutely no clue how to cook. So much wasted money…

        • @[email protected]
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          1330 days ago

          First time I understand, but next time you need to inquire with the escort service about the things that are important to you.

          • @AngryCommieKender
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            930 days ago

            I was referring to their money. I frequently found this out in the “getting to know the financial side of you,” phase of getting serious.

    • @cm0002
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      Exactly, I refuse to run around censoring shit, which is ultimately pointless the day they enter school anyways.

      Instead I’ll frame and explain things and instruct on the proper use (if applicable) when they come up, ya know being a parent lol. Censoring just teaches them to hide newly acquired knowledge if they feel my only response is going to be banning it/punishment IMO.

      The only thing I might actually censor is like the worst of the worst…on a limited age based, case by case basis. I’m probably not going to let the 5 year old watch South Park for example, but if the 11 year old catches an episode or 2, meh.

      • @Wilzax
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        330 days ago

        Yeah definitely not “Cunt” or “Bitch”, but “Fuck” and “Shit” are great 2nd grade vocab words

    • @Linnce
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      I wish my parents did this. I have such a mental block on cursing that I can’t bring myself to say it out loud, even though I’m thinking about it and it’s the perfect choice of words for the moment. I also feel socially left out by people around me because of that, as in they can be themselves and I have to restrain myself.

      Funny enough this is only in my native language. Since I grew up watching YouTube videos from english speaking people that cursed a lot, that feels very comfortable and natural.

      The other day I was rewatching some adventure time on hbo max and saw they were censoring the word idiot. I’m pretty sure they were censoring a bunch of other cartoons that weren’t censored back in the day. That pissed me off so much, they are just limiting our vocabulary more and more for words that have a somewhat negative connotation.

      • @[email protected]
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        329 days ago

        the native language thing is so wild, i have the same but for sexual language. dirty talk in swedish just makes me laugh and cringe in equal amounts, but it works perfectly fine in english.

  • Hugucinogens
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    11530 days ago

    I require explanation, due to my country of origin not being the United States of America

    • @JASN_DE
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      16330 days ago

      The full quote is “Yippee-Ki-Yay, motherfucker!”, uttered by Bruce Willis in “Die Hard”

        • @Botzo
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          The cable tv version of die hard 2 that we taped as kids was “Mr. Falcon”.

          • @aeronmelon
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            “I am tired of these monkey-fighting snakes on this Monday to Friday plane!”

          • @[email protected]
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            029 days ago

            i’ve never understood how “mother father” is supposed to be even remotely viable as a replacement, it sounds utterly nonsensical. Are we talking my maternal grandpa? My paternal grandma? Or maybe we’re talking about someone’s hermaphrodite parent?

              • @[email protected]
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                129 days ago

                i get that, but when replacing a curse it still has to make sense, like “shut the front door” instead of “shut the fuck up”

                “mother father” just sounds like that weird old american device that would read closed captions on the TV and replace curses with softer words, but wasn’t advanced enough to process grammar.

        • PaleRider
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          430 days ago

          “Now I have a machine gun.”

          I have this Christmas jumper…

        • teft
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          330 days ago

          The Quuuuuill, you did it! And you completely botched the catchphrase.

      • Chris
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        530 days ago

        I thought the rest was “yippee-ki-ooo”, so I was wondering how that was a bad word to learn.

      • @SkyezOpen
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        230 days ago

        I’m partial to the reference in Super Troopers.

    • @TehBamskiOP
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      Yippee Ki Yay originates from the 19th century in the Western United States. I know it as an expression of excitement or joy. Example: While playing as cowboys, who might say Yippee Ki Yay as you (pretend to) ride off on your horse.

      This screengrab is in reference to the line that is said in Die Hard movie(s). The father is claiming to say the last word in the movie catchphrase.

      • @YippieKyeAy
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        I was born in 92’ couple years after the movie. My dad was/is a fan of action films so I think it had a part in how I got my name.

    • Blackout
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      The rest of the phrase is “get along little doggie”. Basically the worst thing you could say on a Wednesday.

  • @Kaavi
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    Your son already knew.

    When my daughter was 4 I asked her to say all the bad words she knew. She started with the not so bad ones and ended with all the worst ones.

    I guess the other kids in her kindergarten had older siblings, so she knew them all already. But most importantly, she also knew when to use them and when not to use them. :)

    • TheHarpyEagle
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      729 days ago

      I remember getting in trouble in preschool for wondering aloud how you spell “bitch.” Timeout wasn’t even the worst part; they ruined all my markers ;(

    • @Aceticon
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      Curiously, they don’t start as motherfuckers: they begin as generic fuckers and then after many months turn into motherfuckers.

    • @MidsizedSedan
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      229 days ago

      Mines both…

      My dad tought me a man never beats a woman. He also taught me that he lied…

    • @nefonous
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      029 days ago

      Well, how else are you supposed to become a dad without fucking the mother?

  • @Etterra
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    1929 days ago

    I’m all for letting kids swear, but only if they do so correctly in a sentence and in the correct context. There’s no reason it should be a big fucking deal.

    • @[email protected]
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      429 days ago

      i’m so glad this is the norm in most of the nordics, kids swearing is no different than them shouting “TURD” at random, they’re learning how words work.

      Hiding words from them is completely fucking pointless and just results in issues, it’s so much easier to simply correct their usage of words and teaching by example.

    • @chetradley
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      329 days ago

      You’ve clearly never met a 2 year old. About a month ago I accidentally let a “fuck” slip out of frustration, and just the other day he was walking up the stairs gleefully spouting “fuck, fuck, fuck” at every step.

  • @Rolando
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    1430 days ago

    I hope you at least told him where the detonators are.

  • @AtomicTacoSauce
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    229 days ago

    Haha! One of the greatest Christmas movies ever! 🎄